Transcript November-30---December-4-2015-PP

Mrs. Kurth’s Classroom News
November 30th – December 4th, 2015
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December 1st: Field trip to Children’s Theater
December 1st: Reading Calendars are due
December 4th: End of 1st Trimester
December 4th: In School PBIS celebration from 2:10 – 2:30
December 11th: Gingerbread Houses 1:30 – 2:00
December 22nd: In School Read-a-Thon in the morning and
Class Christmas Party at 1:20-2:20
• December 23rd-January 3rd: Winter Break
***SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION on
Monday, January 4th
Children’s Theater Field Trip
• Tuesday, December 1st
• Children's Theater Field Trip- Jungle Book
• Please send a cold lunch and drink with
your child – there will be no lunches
provided by the cafeteria this year.
Gingerbread Houses
• We appreciate those ice cream buckets and lids.
Keep them coming!
• Please use this link below to see how you
can make donations as well as to volunteer
on the day of the event!
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Copy and paste the following link to sign up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3-first2
Community Service Project
• During the months of November and December, our first grade
Social Studies curriculum emphasizes communities, families, and
their traditions.
• To create a real-life and meaningful experience, we will be collecting
money to purchase toys to donate to a local collection site.
• Thank you so much for the donations we have
already received for our toy collection. You still
have some time to send your donation in if you
would like to help support our efforts.
Snow is on the way!
• As the weather starts to cool down, it is
important to send appropriate outdoor
attire for your child.
• We will be going outside everyday
unless it rains or there is a significant
wind-chill.
• Please make sure you label everything
that comes to school.
• Many clothing items will be similar (if
not the same).
• Thank you in advance for helping us
sort out our cool weather clothing.
Upcoming Academics:
This will change each week!
Reading:
• Reading and Spelling: Lesson 8
• Main Story: A Musical Day (Realistic Fiction) & Drums
(Informational Text)
• Word Wall Words: her, now, our, she, today, would
• Comprehension Strategy: Sequence of Events;
Analyze/evaluate
• Phonics: Review short o; clusters with l; phonogram -ock
• Grammar: Statements
• Writing: Thank you notes; using good word choice
Spelling Review
• Spelling Words: on, fox, got, hop, pop, not, she,
would, *block, *clock
• Your child will also be asked to write a sentence
with some of these words in them in addition to
words that follow the short o, clusters with l and
phonogram -ock pattern. Be sure to practice
words with these patterns so he/she will be
prepared for this part of the test.
• Math Concepts for this week in class:
Identifying coins and determining coin values
• Anticipated Homework:
 Monday: 3.8 Frames and Arrows
 Tuesday: 3.9 Find the Rule
 Wednesday: No Homework
 Thursday: 3.11 Coin Exchanges
 Friday: 3.12 Counting Coins
Extra:
Word of the Week
• Each week, your child can receive a
sticker for their sticker book by writing
down our special word/phrase of the week
along with a parent signature.
• They love stickers!
• Phrase of the week: Jungle Book
More Math….
• Here is the link if you need to reprint homework pages:
• http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/em-athome/unit_3/
• Things you can practice at home if you are looking for
additional ideas:
-Telling time to the nearest hour
-Counting combinations of pennies and nickels and dimes
Family Journals
• Family Journals are due each Monday.
• Please use the next empty page to complete your response
to your child.
• I also encourage you to use the letter format to allow your
child to see and experience that format.
General Homework Expectations
• Mondays: Spelling words and word wall words will come home
(practice these words to be ready for the spelling test on Friday
• Wednesdays: Wednesday work: students complete the
comprehension page as well as practice reading the words on the
opposite side. When you feel your child is confident in knowing the
words and has completed the comprehension page, please return it
to the classroom. It is due by the following Tuesday at the latest.
• Monday through Friday: Math homework will be sent home each
day, except Wednesdays. I expect each page to come back the
following day.
Volunteering
• Sign Up With Students
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4faaab2da4fe3volunteer
• Sign Up Without Students
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C4FAAAB2DA4FE3volunteer2
Volunteering
• The media center is also looking for
volunteers to help shelve books.
• In the past, some parents have volunteered in the library
right before coming to our room to volunteer.
• Please contact them beforehand to see if they have an
available opening.
• Thank you for ALL your help!
• We couldn’t do it without you!!!
Digital Days
Day 1
Phy. Ed.
(Wear your
Tennis
Shoes)
Day 2
Day 3
Media
Day 4
Computer
Computer
P.E.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Music
Day 5
Music
Contact Information
Angie Kurth
1st GradeTeacher – rm. 102
763-972-6200 ext.4102,
[email protected]
Classroom Website/Blog:
http://www.delano.k12.mn.us/elementaryschool/gradesstaff/first-grade/mrs-kurth